Multilingual mamas podcast

01/11/2024

We're back with season 4! check out episode 40 where we interview the adult trilingual (now multilingual) daughters of Mili and Pedro from episode 38 (season 3).

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09/03/2023

Our Season 3 finale is out! Make sure to listen all the way to the end ;)

Welcome to our website! The Multilingual Mamas Podcast is intended as a resource for parents who are hoping to or are currently raising their children multilingual. In our episodes, we interview experts on second language acquisition, bilingualism, sociolinguistics and other related fields to help

08/15/2023

Last episode of the season with an interviewee. This time, we sit down with Lina Mueller who was born and raised in Antigua (Guatemala) when her American parents decided to settle down there in their early 20s. Listen to her interesting story and stay tuned for our finale!

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08/07/2023

Alerta! Nuevo episodio de Madres Multilingües . En este episodio hablamos con Mili y Pedro, una pareja española que ha criado a sus hijas en tres países diferentes. No te lo pierdas.

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08/02/2023

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08/02/2023

Check out our last episode with the Mayers, who used an unconventional method to raise their children bilingual as non-native speakers.

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08/01/2023

Episode 36 is out! Only 3 more to close season 3. This time we talk to leading expert in dual immersion and Spanish heritage speakers in the US Kim Potowski. In addition to her expertise in the field, she shares her personal journey raising her children bilingual in English and Spanish in Chicago.

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06/28/2023

Check out our last episode with Diandra Morse, a social worker and founder of Bilingual Playdate. Do you want to learn more about the bilingual parenting mental load? then this episode is a must-listen.

In this episode we talk with Diandra Morse, a social worker and founder of Bilingual Playdate, an Instagram account and online platform that advocates for multilingualism and serves as a resource for

05/25/2023

Check out our new episode with Veronica Benavides, founder of the Language Preservation Project (thelanguageproject.co), which guides families through the process of reclaiming their family languages, discarding harmful deficit-oriented framing of language proficiencies, and focusing on connection as the heart of bilingualism.

When Veronica Benavides decided to reclaim her Spanish, a language she was discouraged from speaking as a child in Texas, and raise her children in her heritage language, she realized that most biling

05/14/2023

Check out our new episode with Juliana Ramírez, a bilingual psychologist. This information-packed episode is a must listen for any parents confused about educational bureaucracy or anxious about their child being misunderstood due to limited English proficiency.

In this episode we talk to Juliana Ramírez, a bilingual school psychologist and owner of a consulting firm, PERA Services, who explains everything you need to know about special education services, yo

04/16/2023

Dr. Sergio Loza, professor and Director of the Spanish heritage program at the University of Oregon, discusses his experiences growing up in Arizona in the late 90s and early 2000s when English-only a

04/16/2023

It's been a minute! Check out our last episode with Dr. Sergio Loza who talks to ask about his upbringing in English-only Arizona.

Dr. Sergio Loza, professor and Director of the Spanish heritage program at the University of Oregon, discusses his experiences growing up in Arizona in the late 90s and early 2000s when English-only a

02/28/2023

Check out our last episode with Krista Byers-Heinlein. She is a Professor of Developmental Psychology at Concordia University, who is raising her daughter bilingual in Montréal, and whose research focuses on infant development with a focus on language acquisition.

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Krista Byers-Heinlein, a Professor of Developmental Psychology at Concordia University, who specializes in infant development with a focus on language acquisition

12/14/2022

Check out our last episode with Julio Torres! Learn more about his personal journey with bilingualism and the fantastic work he does training future Spanish teachers.

https://soundcloud.com/sara-fernandezcuenca/episode-29-why-are-you-getting-a-b-in-spanish-arent-you-hispanic

You can also find the episode in our MMs site:
https://sites.google.com/wfu.edu/multilingualmamaspodcast/episodes?authuser=0

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11/14/2022

A new episode of MM Podcast is out! (episode 28!)
This time we speak with the Burkel siblings (AKA my father in law and his sister) who became bilingual after moving to France (from the US) with no previous French knowledge as preteens, in the early 70s.

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10/18/2022

Dr. Iulia Pittman, born and raised in a Hungarian-speaking region of Romania, has dedicated her life to learning and teaching languages. Her recent work in the United States as a German professor and

10/18/2022

We're back!🥳 Today we launch season 3 with the wonderful Iulia Pittman. Click below to learn more her interesting story raising her kids multilingual in Hungarian, Romanian, and English.

Dr. Iulia Pittman, born and raised in a Hungarian-speaking region of Romania, has dedicated her life to learning and teaching languages. Her recent work in the United States as a German professor and

09/06/2022

Season 2 finale is out! Check out what we learned from our guests in season 2 and get a sneak peek of what is to come in season 3.

https://soundcloud.com/sara-fernandezcuenca/season-2-finale

We wrap up our second season of Multilingual Mamas reflecting, once more, on all the things we have learned from professionals and fellow parents. This has been a big year for us, going from adding me

08/20/2022

Check out our last episode with Natalia Simons, a bilingual children’s book author who advocates for bilingualism and works hard to make bilingual kids believe that speaking two languages is a superpower.

https://soundcloud.com/sara-fernandezcuenca/episode-26-natalia-simons-version-2

In this episode, we sit down with bilingual children’s book author, Natalia Simons, a Spanish-English bilingual who grew up in England. She talks about her desire to help children going through the ex

06/30/2022

Check out our last episode with Dr. Moser, a psychiatrist that specializes on multilingual therapy . She talks to us about third culture kids and how to best support children when their family has to move to another country.
https://soundcloud.com/sara-fernandezcuenca/episode-25-when-theres-no-place-like-home

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06/20/2022

Episode 24 is out! Only 3 more until we end season 2.

This time we talk to Jöelle, a trilingual mama who just moved to a Belgium with her family, after living in the US for 15 years. She tell us how the process of adapting to life in Belgium and learning Flemish has been like for her family.

https://soundcloud.com/sara-fernandezcuenca/episode-24-following-a-job-to-belgium

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06/15/2022

Episode 23 and still going!

Are you interested in the positive effects of dual immersion on heritage speakers? Then this episode is for you.
In this episode, we talk to Gabriella Gomez-Saxon who had dual immersion schooling all the way through high school.

https://soundcloud.com/sara-fernandezcuenca/episode-23-the-impact-of-dual-immersion

06/07/2022

Check out our last episode with Mavi Turner. This is our first interview with a bilingual "teenager/ young adult" and it won't disappoint. More to come soon.
https://soundcloud.com/sara-fernandezcuenca/episode-19-bilingualism-through-the-lifespan

In this episode of Multilingual Mamas we talk to Mavi Turner, a bilingual young adult who shares with us her experience growing up bilingual in the US. She discusses her relationship with Spanish gram

05/30/2022

We're back with an episode in Spanish. Escucha la historia de Javier, hijo de inmigrantes españoles que nació y se crió en Suiza, pero decidió mudarse a España cuando tenía tan solo 16 años porque no conectaba con la cultura suiza.

https://soundcloud.com/sara-fernandezcuenca/episode-22-el-suizo-spanish-edition

En este capítulo hablamos con Javier Garrido que nació y se crió en Suiza, como muchos de los hijos de inmigrantes españoles que emigraron a diferentes países a finales de los años 60 con el objetivo

03/30/2022

It's been a while but we are back! Check out our latest episode with Olga Ivanova. A multilingual mama with strong Ukranian family ties raising two bilingual Russian-Spanish children.

https://soundcloud.com/sara-fernandezcuenca/episode-19-multilingualism-and-multiculturalism-in-eastern-europe

You can also find the episode in our website:

https://sites.google.com/wfu.edu/multilingualmamaspodcast/episodes?authuser=0

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